Riding the Alaska Railroad’s Goldstar to Denali
Recently I traveled with my sister to Denali National Park. We took the Alaska Railroad’s GoldStar Dome train from Anchorage to Denali. The trip north on the train was a wonderful way to travel to Denali.
We arrived at the train depot an hour early for check in and easily made our way to the check in counter for GoldStar clients. We were assigned our seats in the Dome car and the friendly train staff gave us our boarding passes and GoldStar service pins. These pins distinguish you as a GoldStar service passenger and allow you to travel between the different cars on the train, and then back to the GoldStar Dome car. We took some time during the ride to explore the train and visit the snack car as well as the gift car.
The train staff directed us to the luggage tent to check in our bags. The train can deliver luggage to most of the major hotels in Denali National Park If they do not deliver luggage to where you are staying they will simply tag the bags to the train depot to be picked up when you arrive. We were staying at the Grande Denali Lodge and had our bags sent directly to the hotel. (more…)
